Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Wehner

Profil

Derzeitige StellungProfessor W-3 und Äquivalente
FachgebietBiologie des Verhaltens und der Sinne,Ökologie und Biodiversität der Tiere und Ökosysteme, Organismische Interaktionen,Molekulare und zelluläre Neurologie und Neuropathologie
Keywordsglomeruli, dendritic spines, f-actin, mushroom body, synaptic plasticity

Aktuelle Kontaktadresse

LandSchweiz
OrtZürich
Universität/InstitutionUniversität Zürich
Institut/AbteilungInstitut für Hirnforschung

Gastgeber*innen während der Förderung

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang RösslerLehrstuhl für Verhaltensphysiologie und Soziobiologie (Zoologie II), Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Würzburg
Beginn der ersten Förderung01.04.2007

Programm(e)

2006Forschungspreis-Programm auf Gegenseitigkeit für Wissenschaftler*innen aus dem Ausland

Projektbeschreibung der*des Nominierenden

Prof. Rüdiger Wehner is a creative behavioral physiologist and neurobiologist with an excellent international reputation. His studies on the amazing navigational performances of the desert ant Cataglyphis integrate mechanisms of polarized light navigation, path integration and landmark orientation with ecological and evolutionary perspectives. Recent work on ontogenetic changes in visual integration centers of the ant brain has triggered the collaborative project with Prof. Wolfgang Rössler (Univ. of Würzburg) on synaptic plasticity underlying changes in visual behavior. Prof. Rüdiger Wehner is a creative behavioral physiologist and neurobiologist with an excellent international reputation. His studies on the amazing navigational performances of the desert ant Cataglyphis integrate mechanisms of polarized light navigation, path integration and landmark orientation with ecological and evolutionary perspectives. Recent work on ontogenetic changes in visual integration centers of the ant brain has triggered the collaborative project with Prof. Wolfgang Rössler (Univ. of Würzburg) on synaptic plasticity underlying changes in visual behavior. Prof. Rüdiger Wehner is a creative behavioral physiologist and neurobiologist with an excellent international reputation. His studies on the amazing navigational performances of the desert ant Cataglyphis integrate mechanisms of polarized light navigation, path integration and landmark orientation with ecological and evolutionary perspectives. Recent work on ontogenetic changes in visual integration centers of the ant brain has triggered the collaborative project with Prof. Wolfgang Rössler (Univ. of Würzburg) on synaptic plasticity underlying changes in visual behavior.